Is there a safe, non-pesticide way to keep fire ants out of a garden (midwest)?
I found this online – since you have small kids, I’m sure you don’t want to use serious pesticides – I was going to suggest treating the perimeter of your garden with fire ant killer, but you really have to treat the mounds when they pop up. This is from www.organicgardening.com Fire Ant Controls A scientist evaluates the many ways gardeners try to get rid of nasty fire ants and names the most effective. Fire ants are no mere annoyance—as anyone who has accidentally stepped on one of their mounds will tell you, a fire ant’s sting can be painful for weeks. Gardeners who have tried to eliminate fire ant colonies know there is no shortage of advice on how to get to rid of the mounds, but few truly effective methods. But does that mean you need to turn to a toxic solution? No, says Dr. Sanford Porter, a researcher at the USDA-ARS Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology in Gainesville, Florida, who has studied f
